The Wolves have won five in a row since his return from a month-long absence due to a groin injury and are firmly in the chase for a top-six seed in the Western Conference playoffs after losing four of five games coming out of the All-Star Break.

The Minnesota Timberwolves kicked off a five-game winning streak when they beat the Dallas Mavericks on the road on Jan. 22. That was also when Timberwolves coach Chris Finch and Julius Randle had a talk about Randle's fit on the team.

An NBA analyst recently provided an important update on the injury status of Minnesota Timberwolves forward Julius Randle.

Randle is playing for the first time since Jan. 30 Sunday night after an extended absence due to a groin injury.

Those injuries have been the latest problem for Minnesota in a disappointing follow-up to last year's trip to the Western Conference finals. The Timberwolves went 5-8 with Randle sidelined and are now 33-29 and hold the No. 8 seed in the West following Sunday's win.

Julius Randle returned to the Timberwolves’ lineup on Sunday in Phoenix after missing Minnesota’s last month of action.

Who's starting? What roles will the young guys take on? There are a number of questions as Minnesota gets back to full strength.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are teetering on the edge of making the playoffs this season. By trading Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks, they lost some stellar outside shooting. They had the chance to shake things up at the trade deadline to put them in a more solid position,

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Julius Randle is good to go and starting Tuesday night's game against the Philadelphia 76ers at Target Center in Minneapolis despite being listed as questionable for the game due to a groin injury.

Forward Julius Randle, who's returned for the last two games after a lengthy injury absence, remains questionable with a groin injury. Both Randle and Conley played in Tuesday nig

Randle (groin) has been cleared to play and start in Wednesday's game against the Hornets. After nearing a double-double in Tuesday's win against the 76ers, Randle will be back in the lineup Wednesday in Charlotte.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are back vs the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night and they're expected to have star big man Julius Randle back.